Explore Abercrombie, Nova Scotia, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Abercrombie, Nova Scotia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Nova Scotia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Abercrombie and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Abercrombie.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Abercrombie |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Pictou |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.630991 |
| Longitude | -62.690441 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | B2H |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | CAAGN |
Abercrombie is a community in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Abercrombie is located at 45.6310°N, 62.6904°W.
Abercrombie lies quietly along the Atlantic coast, where the shifting tides of the East River of Pictou meet the enduring presence of the land. It lies 5.8 km north-west of New Glasgow, NS (from New Glasgow, NS: bearing 323°T), and is situated 4.7 km south-south-west of Pictou Landing. Near the Green Hill, the horizon holds a weight that seems to pull the low clouds toward the water, creating a silver light that lingers long after the sun has dipped toward the hills. The terrain here feels sturdy and patient, shaped by the proximity of the coast and the inland rise of Greenhill Provincial Park, which sits ten kilometers away. Even when the wind carries the salt-heavy air from the sea, the stillness of the trees remains, offering a stark contrast to the distant, rushing energy of Parks Falls, located sixteen kilometers out, and the quiet, hidden depth of Chance Harbour Lake, some eight kilometers from the heart of the coast. The history of Abercrombie is tied to the movement of water and the necessity of industry, reflecting a legacy of resource and labor that has defined the working edges of the East River of Pictou for generations. Life in Abercrombie moves with the deliberate focus of those who understand the value of a steady hand, whether in the mills that once defined the local economy or in the quiet persistence of daily work that sustains the site today. There is a specific, grounded quality to the way the days pass here, marked by the smell of woodsmoke and the distant, rhythmic call of the tide against the shore. While the world beyond might change, Abercrombie maintains an identity forged in the intersection of coastal trade and the stubborn, green permanence of the surrounding landscape.
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Explore Abercrombie, Nova Scotia, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.630991, -62.690441. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Abercrombie includes the postal code (B2H), telephone area code (782, 902). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Abercrombie is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |